Mix "American Idol" with classical music and you get the Jose Iturbi International Music Competition.
But instead of endless airtime with Ryan Seacrest, these winners - Leah Crocetto, a 29-year-old first-year fellow with the San Francisco opera, and Dmitri Levkovich, a 29-year-old pianist from Ukraine - got $50,000 and then some.
The weeklong competition, which took place in L.A., is named for the renowned concert pianist who appeared in several MGM musicals in the 1940s.
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